Dave Keys

K&M Spider Pro. As they don't rely on pre-drilled holes, the height adjustments can be very precise - down to the millimetre, so you can have your boards as close or as far apart as you like.

I'm curious - "IEM specialist" is what exactly? An audiologist? ENT? Or some other entity? And are you saying you can try them out on a gig or just in their office? Thanks The one I go to near London specialises only in Custom In Ears - not hearing aids! The reason I went to them is they are one of a very tiny number of specialists in the UK where you can try lots of different brands of IEM, not just ACS (a well known brand of silicon IEM). Their impressions are tailored to stage work - they must go past the first bend in the ear canal, and should be taken with an open jaw, regardless of whether you are a singer or not. They are fully trained and medically insured. I tried my IEM's out in the lab. The main benefit to trying them out on a gig would be if you somehow already had the moulds and could test the -26db isolation. Obviously as this part can only come later, you've got to be satisfied with the overall sound of the buds themselves before you get the impressions made.

Yeah IEMs are a totally personal choice - nobody knows what it sounds like to you but you! You can however try lots out for free if you go to an IEM specialist. They use generic buds that give an adequate seal for testing. I mustve tried 6 or so different pairs before narrowing it down to 2 sets, and then continually A-Bing them until I decided on the JHs.

Reezekeys - no worries. Its just that this is what Im using my IEM mixer and it works a treat for me. Plus it powers off the Kronos USB socket. Joegerradi - Id go for as many drivers as you can afford. I tried lots of brands and models yesterday, and ending up choosing quads (JH11Pros) because you need the full frequency range for keys. That said, it was borderline between the Ultimate Ears UE7s, which are triple drivers, and the JH audio 11s. There was more headroom in the bass so I went with the quads.

What about this? Comes with an xy mic and another mic, plus you can add a shotgun mic. https://www.zoom-na.com/products/field-video-recording/field-recording/h6-handy-recorder

Ive just been down to Custom In Ear Monitors here in the UK. Ive tried out 64 Audio, JH audio and Ultimate Ears IEMs, with a budget of £800. In the end I went with the Jerry Harvey Audio JH11Pros. My requirement with IEMs ranges from small wedding venues in bands with no IEMs, to Touring acts with IEM only stage monitoring. Ive gone with a Zoom H6 as a monitor mixer, as it has limiters and ambient mics built in, should they be necessary. Its been quite a journey...

I like your style man! :-) Maybe I should do the same....

Yesterday I bought a Nord Electro 5HP 73. The RD700nx is way too heavy to keep schlepping to gigs (86lbs/39kg of gear), but I love it, so it's being kept for studio and gigs where 88 notes is a necessity. The Nord is fantastic though - apart from being a great user friendly board with some great sounds, it weighs only 25lbs/11.4kg, plus, I'm thinking of ordering an SKB case like this: http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/proddetail.php?id=98&c=88 It weighs only about a pound more than the Red soft case that Nord make.